1001 Errors in the Christian Bible

John -- Errors 590-596

#590

John 12: (KJV)

37 “But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:”

“John” sez that Jesus did many miracles but doesn’t show Jesus doing many miracles, “the Jews” did not believe Jesus but did believe Jesus and that Isaiah referred to Jesus even though he didn’t. All will be explained by the modern Prophet Mel.

# 591

John 12: (KJV)

47 “And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”

Compare to John 5:

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

John’s chapter 12 Jesus says that the Father and not Jesus will judge men. John’s chapter 5 Jesus says that the Jesus and not Father will judge men. Hard to believe John’s claim of attributing supernatural power to Jesus when he can’t even attribute natural power to Jesus (writing a story without a natural contradiction).

# 592

John 14: (KJV)

4 “And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.”

The manuscript evidence favors the shorter “You know the way I go” with a bad grammatical construction. Later manuscripts improved the grammar and elaborated Jesus as saying the disciples knew the way Jesus was going and how to get there. This makes what follows more to the point. A majority of moderns have the new and improved reading. A subtle correction maybe but we are dealing with life and death here for Moses’ sake.

# 593

John 14: (KJV)

12 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

On the ranking of false prophecies this ranks up there with return “soon”.

594

John 14: (KJV)

13 “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.”

I wonder how many Fundamentalists have asked Jesus to make this list disappear?

# 595

John 14: (KJV)

14 “If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.”

Probably the most spectacular false prophecy in the Christian Bible. Here it’s repeated a second time and is the clearest example in the Christian Bible of the same false prophecy repeated right after it’s first mentioned. John’s Jesus explained that fulfillment of the prophecy would be evidence that Jesus was backed by the Father. Apparently someone other than “John” is trying to tell us something.

# 596

John 14: (KJV)

26 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

Fascinating anachronistic apologetic comment and the key to understanding “John” specifically and Christianity in general. This is “John’s” license for himself and Christianity to argue as to what Jesus said based on receiving holy spirit after the supposed life of Jesus as opposed to normal witness testimony based on historical memory. This is an apology that “John” could not present what the historical Jesus said based on reliable witness testimony. “John” had to rely on the supposed gift of the holy spirit to indicate what Jesus supposedly said long after it was said.

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